His spontaneous reaction was to applaud energetically. Jayson Tatum was in the fight with Onyeka Okongwu, causing the start of a scuffle between Celtics and Hawks. “ I was delighted to see conflict, confusion… This is what builds us all together “, Judge Joe Mazzulla to explain his applause.
Unfortunately for him and his Celtics, this fighting spirit displayed was not enough to avoid an overtime defeat against Trae Young and his gang. The green house thus conceded an 8th defeat in their last 16 outings. Boston definitely cannot get out of its poor situation, which started weeks ago.
Which does not prevent the coach from talking about this sequence as the “ nice part » of the process. “ There is no need to fear. I'm actually more excited at this point in the season than I was at the beginning », he adds.
“ The question I always ask myself in this type of situation is: what do you expect? Do you expect things to always go well for us when we do something as a team? I always wonder about this. I throw out a few curse words before that, but I always ask myself, 'What do you expect?' », insists Joe Mazzulla while speaking to journalists.
“Did you expect another 65-win season? »
The technician continues by listing: “ Did you expect us to have another 65-win season and never make any mistakes? Or if you have the same team and a group of guys doing something together, that it can go off the rails from time to time? What are we waiting for, not you (journalists) personally, but us? That’s why it’s part of the journey. »
Convinced that the current difficulties are likely to fuel the rest of the reigning champions' journey, Joe Mazzulla says he has faith in the character, state of mind and preparation of his team. He says he has “ the greatest confidence in the way they behave “. And this as the Celtics begin a new “road trip”, on the floors of the Warriors, Clippers, Lakers and Mavs.
“ Once again, I'm ready (to get through this difficult time). It doesn't mean I'm happy, but it's the process of thinking about how we're going to proceed. », Finishes Joe Mazzulla.
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Jayson Tatum | 39 | 36.5 | 45.9 | 35.8 | 79.9 | 0.6 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 5.4 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 27.7 |
| Jaylen Brown | 35 | 35.7 | 44.9 | 32.0 | 76.4 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 23.3 |
| Kristaps Porzingis | 18 | 28.4 | 46.5 | 38.1 | 83.1 | 1.9 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 18.8 |
| Derrick White | 40 | 33.9 | 43.5 | 36.9 | 82.9 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 16.2 |
| Payton Pritchard | 42 | 27.8 | 47.1 | 41.7 | 83.6 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 14.6 |
| Jrue Holiday | 36 | 30.7 | 44.7 | 34.4 | 89.1 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 11.7 |
| Al Horford | 33 | 27.3 | 42.7 | 36.9 | 83.3 | 1.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| Sam Hauser | 35 | 20.3 | 41.6 | 36.4 | 100.0 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 7.3 |
| Neemias Queta | 34 | 15.0 | 67.0 | 0.0 | 72.2 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 5.2 |
| Luke Kornett | 36 | 16.6 | 63.6 | 0.0 | 72.0 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 4.9 |
| Drew Peterson | 11 | 9.9 | 50.0 | 41.2 | 85.7 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 3.2 |
| Jordan Walsh | 28 | 8.4 | 34.0 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| Jd Davison | 5 | 4.7 | 40.0 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| Jaden Springer | 18 | 3.9 | 28.6 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Xavier Tillman, Sr. | 24 | 7.3 | 27.8 | 21.1 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
| Baylor Scheierman | 6 | 6.3 | 9.1 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
